tech
April 3, 2026
It's 'Fuck those guys.'
A fascinating profile on litigator Jay Edelson, a longtime tech adversary who’s been filing cases against OpenAI and Google over their LLMs. “Courts are fed up with these companies, and juries are kind of sick of big tech for doing a lot of damage to society,” Edelson says. Sam Altman has called him a “leech tarted up as a freedom fighter,” and Edelson says Altman is “Lex Luthor.”

TL;DR
- Litigator Jay Edelson is filing lawsuits against OpenAI and Google concerning their LLMs.
- Edelson suggests that legal systems and the public are increasingly critical of big tech's societal impact.
- There is animosity between Edelson and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, with both exchanging personal insults.
- Edelson views Altman as 'Lex Luthor.'
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